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Think how august and godlike you did look, When my defence, unbribed, you undertook; But, when an act so brave you disavow, How little, and how mercenary now!

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir

No—all that's worth a wish—a thought, Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought.

From Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age by Klopsch, Louis

Not the Superba, Fantasma Paris of Anglo-Saxon fictioneers, not the Broadwayed, Strandified, dandified Paris of the Folies-Bergère and the Alcazar, but the Paris still primitive in innocent and unbribed pleasure.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

A German who is unbribed and unbribable, not bought and not for sale.

From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War by Raemaekers, Louis

Speaker Foster said that the whole unbribed intellect of Ireland was against the Union.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)